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生せい命めい
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Meanings
Noun
1. life; existence
Noun
Suffix
2. (one's) working life; career
Noun
3. life force; lifeblood; soul; essence (occ. read いのち)
Kanji used
生life命continued existence
Pitch accent
せいめい
Used in vocabulary
生せい命めい保ほ険けん
life insurance
Noun
生せい命めい力りょく
vitality; (one's) life force
Noun
生せい命めい線せん
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
Noun
日本にっぽん生せい命めい
Nippon Life
Noun
住すみ友とも生せい命めい
Sumitomo Life
Noun
人じん工こう生せい命めい
artificial life
Noun
生せい命めい科か学がく
life science
Noun
生せい命めい倫りん理り
bioethics
Noun
生せい命めい維い持じ装そう置ち
life-support system
Noun
生せい命めい工こう学がく
biotechnology
Noun
政せい治じ生せい命めい
political life
Noun
生せい命めい体たい
life form; life-form
Noun
Examples50
When did life come into being?
I think his life is in danger.
Individual freedom is the soul of democracy.
War is destruction of human life.
The soul animates the body.
The soul of commerce is upright dealing.